Google Related…

Today morning, I got a ping from my colleage who is in my Gtalk list. She said that she has tagged me in one of her photos and the URL was going to Heysna.com (boooo). I was curious as what photo she has of me and like the curious cat, I clicked the link. It took me to a login page where it suggested me to log in using my Gmail credentials.

I thought because the ping came to my Gtalk, it is natural that the login page recognized I have gmail Id and then logged in. But, alas! I didn’t get to see the photo which started off this journey. What I saw was an online IM interface which presented me with my contact list and a reward system for introducing them to this spammy service.

I didn’t bother to continue on from there and left the site… Within 5 minutes, 3 of my colleagues who are in Gtalk, pinged me and asked about a particular URL where I have tagged them. LOL…

That moment it hit me in the head… the standard phishing attempt, but this time, it is for viral spamming… I am on my way to change my Google Account’s password as I don’t know where the details are being sent.

So the takeaway of this post is…
If you get a gtalk ping with a URL of Heysna.com, please do not click on it and log in.

I already have a lot of spam to attend to. I don’t need one more…

P.S. I just changed my Google Account’s password. Better safe than sorry…right ???

Gmail – the Google version of email was launched by Google nearly three years ago. They were the first to start a war for inbox storage which spread like wildfire and which prompted almost all the major email service providers to jump in. At the end of the day, it is the consumer like us who gets more advantage.

Even though Gmail is a free service provider – an account can be opened with the help of an invitation only. Else you should be having a Google account id. As of now, I am having more than 90 Gmail invites lying idle with me. So, I am inviting anyone who wants an invite to post their email ids here in the comments section.

Pls do not worry about your privacy. your comments with your email addresses will not be made public. They will be moderated by me.

To know more details about gmail and the various functions that they are offering, you can check out their features here.

http://mail.google.com/mail/help/intl/en/about_whatsnew.html

Hope you all make use of this wonderful opportunity.

Happy New Year to you all.

P.S. I am receiving many requests for invitations for the past few days and am sending them at the earliest. If you are sending the request during a weekend, kindly bear with me because I will be able to send it to you only on the next Monday.

P.S.S. Just remember to mention that you require gmail invitation in the comments section.

Latest Update: Per the latest news, Google has made Gmail free for everyone across the world. So you do not require an invite to open a gmail account. Enjoy Gmail, Enjoy Google… 🙂